Under the
authority of section 31 of the Provincial
Offences Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following
regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, August 26, 1999.

John R.
Cummings, Q.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

1. Short
title

2. Contravention

3. Fine

4. Fine

5. Forms

6. Forms
modification

7. NR
23/96
Rep.

Short title

1.These regulations may be cited as
the Provincial Offences Ticket
Regulations, 1999.

Contravention

2.For a contravention of

(a)a provision of the Highway Traffic Act or a regulation made under that Act;

(b)a provision relating to the regulation of
traffic, of the City of St. John's Act,
the City of Corner Brook Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act or the Municipalities Act or of a regulation or
by‑law, regulating traffic of a city, town or municipality incorporated
or continued under either of those Acts;

(c)a provision of section 35 of the Memorial University Act, or a regulation
made under that section;

(d)a provision of section 35 of the Works, Services and Transportation Act,
or a regulation made under that section;

(e)a provision of the Dangerous Goods Transportation Act or a regulation made under that
Act;

(f)a provision of the Motorized Snow Vehicles and All‑Terrain Vehicles Act or a
regulation made under that Act;

(g)a provision of the Motor Carrier Act or a regulation made under that Act;

(h)subsection 27(5), 77(1) or 80(1) of the Liquor Control Act;

(i)a provision of the Tobacco Control Act or a regulation made under that Act;

(j)a provision of the Forestry Act or a regulation made under that Act;

(k)section 23.1 of the Waste Material Disposal Act; or

(l)
one of the following provisions of the Wild Life Regulations

(i)paragraph 6(1)(b),

(ii)subsection 6(2),

(iii)section 18,

(iv)subsections 74(1) and (3),

(v)subsection 75(1),

(vi)section 102,

(vii)subsections 107(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7),
(19), (20), or

(viii)subsection 111(1),

a complaint may be laid and summons issued
by means of a ticket instead of the procedure set out in the Criminal Code for
laying an information and for issuing a summons.

Fine

3.A
fine of $100 shall be the minimum penalty for a violation of the Motorized Snow Vehicles and All‑Terrain
Vehicles Act or a regulation made under that Act, unless that Act or
regulation establishes another minimum penalty for that violation.

Fine

4.For a violation of the Wild
Life Regulations described in paragraph 2(l)

(a)for a first offence, a minimum fine of $75 or
in default of payment, imprisonment for 3 days; or

(b)for a subsequent offence, a fine of $150 or in
default of payment, imprisonment for 6 days.

Forms

5.Forms provided by the department for the purposes of these
regulations may be used to commence proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act for the contraventions listed in section 2.

Forms
modification

6.The forms referred to in section 5 may be modified to the extent
necessary to reflect the fines applicable for a contravention of a given
enactment and that modification will not be a material deviation.